Sunday, October 14, 2007

Cool McCool

It's been two years since I last mentioned Bob Kane's greatest creation, Cool McCool, a bizarre collocation of Get Smart, Batman, and Jack Benny. Yeah, that's right; Jack Benny.

But this time, thank to the magic of the internet I can actually provide you with a direct experience of the Coolness Himself.

Here he defeats Hurricane Harry. Note the crazy electric harpsichord licks McCool's theme song and the part of the song that talks about Hurricane Harry, which my parents used to teach me the musical concept of triplets. My parents were very musical. And odd

In this segment, he takes on the Owl, with the aid of his semi-sentient auto, the Coolmobile.

Wow. I vaguely recall having seen this before somewhere. I guess it must have aired somewhere in Texas when I was a wee one, but not as regularly as the Warner Bros stuff, Bullwinkle, the Stooges, etc.

Or maybe I just remember your previous posting from 2005.

I should probably just Google it, but does anyone out there know the history of this show? Was it syndicated, or shown on Saturday morning on a network?